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- Physical Landmark: Howard Johnsons - Queen and Kennedy - Brampton Major Intersection: McLaughlin & Steeles, main building GPS Lat: 43.69556... |
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- Lawrence Solum links to what sounds like an interesting book: The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction. I've long had the belief that the nature of our country changed significantly because of the civil war, but I have yet to hold an adequate understanding of how. The main impression I have was that there was a profound shift from a strong federalism to a more centralized view of government. |
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- InterNey.NetO.n.Y.x PöppÿO. |
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- InterNey.NetReciffe Via sateliteReciffe Via satelite |
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- Like many families, mine has it's Xmas stories. Each of my parents have their favorite, which they never fail to tell during the holiday season. My mom's story takes place the year after she left my dad, shortly before I... |
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- Dan Hoover's column in today's Greenville News discusses the possibility that South Carolina might be the decisive primary for the Democratic field. South Carolina is poised to become the state where Howard Dean's momentum toward the Democratic nomination is blunted... |
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- A man and woman whose helicopter crashed in Antarctica as they attempted a record-setting flight from the North Pole to the South Pole were treated for their injuries Sunday at a southern Chile clinic. |
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- Yet another Internet Explorer crash has been discovered. |
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- really two different things, analyzed under ControlFreak and SelfInterestedForkProblem entries |
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- really two different things, analyzed under ControlFreak and SelfInterestedForkProblem entries |
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- The Kerala High Court has ordered Coca-Cola to stop extracting the ground water for its controversial bottling operations that have seen accusations that the company is draining the region's natural resources and despoiling the environment. (19 Dec 2003) |
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- A new code of practice has been launched by the Kenya Coffee Growers and Employers Association aiming to avoid future boycotts of Kenyan coffee arising from growing ethical concerns. (19 Dec 2003) |
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- A new survey has shown that no more than 20% of the major banks, financial institutions or listed companies in Poland publish environmental or social information, putting the country firmly in the slow league of European countries in this regard. (19 Dec 2003) |
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- Drinks giant Diageo has said that it is to voluntarily print alcohol content and nutional data on the labels of its spirits and other beverages, including brands such as Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan and Smirnoff. (19 Dec 2003) |
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- Russian oil giant LUKoil has said it plans to invest around $1bn (34.5bn roubles) in a programme to improve the environmental performance of its core business operations. (18 Dec 2003) |
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- President John Agyekum Kufuor has called for mining companies to adopt strong principles of corporate citizenship in the way that they deal with the local communities where they operate. (17 Dec 2003) |
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- US-based Business Ethics magazine has announced the winners of its annual awards, which cover four separate categories covering environmental performance and social impact. (15 Dec 2003) |
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- Anti-Nike activists are to take their protests about the company to the next level - by producing their own 'black spot' shoes to sell in competition with the famous global brand. (15 Dec 2003) |
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- Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, has been fined $2m in New York for illegal safety claims that may have misled customers about the dangers inherent in the use of the products. (15 Dec 2003) |
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- Vice President Justin Malewezi has launched the Global Compact in Malawi, adding the country to the growing number of African nations that have built business networks around the Compact, including South Africa, Mozambique and Lesotho. (11 Dec 2003) |
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- The American Gaming Association, the industry association for US casinos, has launched its code of conduct for its members to target problems with compulsive gambling in a move that takes the industry's commitments beyond legislative compliance. (10 Dec 2003) |
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- Daniel Schorr was on NPR this morning, bloviating about some Nixon related thing. I realize that Schorr hasn’t had a... |
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- Physical Landmark: Sheridan College - Davis Campus Major Intersection: McLaughlin & Steeles, main building GPS Lat: 43.65639 GPS Lon: |
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- (An entry about the picture quality is forthcoming.)... |
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- Thanks Batty, I just spent another small fortune to house fish that cost a total of $6. This is entirely your fault. They do seem to be enjoying their new spacious digs way more than the old ones though. And what's with all the little bubbles all over everything? And yes, we have pictures. |
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- It's time once again to talk shit about the New York Times. Today we'll be discussing "In Princetonian's Spare Telling, Class of '33 Drifts Into Winter," a story about a 91-year-old Princeton alumnus who is still filling the role of... |
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- Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge is set to raise the Homeland Security Threat Level to "Orange" or "High." When... |
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- Today is Sunday and I am thinking of putting some of my class projects online, especially the source code of GooglePro and the various sorting algorithms I compared this semester in my Algorithms class. I also want to put online some of my cool class notes and assignment. What do you say? |
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- correct definition - will certainly be vandalized and replaced by an incorrect one |
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- correct definition - will certainly be vandalized and replaced by an incorrect one |
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